Later generations, all say that Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu two brothers, will bring out a good hand of cards to play poorly, in fact, Gongsun Zhan, is also a typical hand of good cards played sparsely on behalf of the character.

In the case of competing with Yuan Shao for the upper hand, he slowly died, and suffered several big defeats, which finally caused an irreparable situation, and lost the hope that he could swallow up the valley and several continents.

Gongsun Chan has always been a very powerful force in the north in the early days, defeating the northern nomads many times, and is very famous, and his strength is even much stronger than Yuan Shao at that time.

It is precisely because of his stronger strength that he took the lead in the first battle with Yuan Shao, in order to seize Jizhou.

At the beginning, Gongsun Chan fought very smoothly, after all, the strength was strong, the combat effectiveness of the army was very high, and there were white horses and righteous followers, and the counties and counties of Jizhou were all looking forward to surrendering.

It's just that the two battles of Jieqiao Panhe caused heavy losses to the elite cavalry under the command of Gongsun Zhan.

Originally, Gongsun Chan was able to defeat Yuan Shao in one go and completely take Jizhou, after all, Yuan Shao was almost embattled before that. It's a pity that because of arrogance and contempt for the enemy, the opportunity was wasted, and the sharp spirit was injured.

However, this is not the whole reason, because even if Gongsun Chan at that time was defeated because of the Battle of Jieqiao, on the whole, the strength of Gongsun Chan's forces was still not under Yuan Shao, but unfortunately at this time, Gongsun Chan killed Liu Yu again.

Liu Yu was a relative of the Han family at that time, a pastor of Youzhou, who loved the people like a son, was loyal to the Han family, was very famous, and was also the boss of Gongsun Zhan.

In contrast, Gongsun Zhan's disregard for the people and the ransom of the army made Liu Yu very dissatisfied, so he sent troops to fight against Gongsun Zhan, just wanting to restrain Gongsun Chan and stop his evil deeds.

However, because he was too benevolent, he was not allowed to harm the people in the war, so he could not attack for a long time, and was defeated by Gongsun Zhan by seizing the opportunity. Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the situation to take Youzhou and killed Liu Yu's entire family.

It is precisely because of this that although he took Youzhou, because he killed Liu Yu, who had a great reputation, Gongsun Zhan had already offended the whole world.

Gongsun Zhan was surrounded and suppressed by Liu Yu's son, Liu Yu's old general, Yuan Shao and other forces, and was beaten without the power to fight back, and fled to Yijing to hold on.

In fact, as long as he is not discouraged, and together with his generals, he will work together to hold on until they are gone, and he will still have a chance to make a comeback.

It's a pity that Gongsun Zhan, who has been depressed, has become more and more arrogant, alienated from others, only cares about himself, entertains with his wife and concubines, and even the generals are trapped and do not go to the rescue, resulting in no cronies around him, except for a few loyal ministers and fierce generals like Tian Yu and Zhao Yun, the rest have left him.

It can be said that in fact, throughout this battle of Youji, Gongsun Chan had many opportunities to attack Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, but unfortunately he made mistakes step by step, which eventually led to the continuous defeat of the forces, and he blamed himself for not being able to develop.

As the battle continued, now, the battlefield situation of the battle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao has become more and more clear.

Gongsun Chan has gradually fallen from his initial dominant position, and he is about to lose the capital to make a comeback, and has become a shrinking turtle that can't fight back.

And now, Gongsun Zhan, who is basically about to give up the defense and occupation of the area outside Yijing City, can only passively accept the attack from Yuan Shao's army.

It can even be said that Gongsun Zhan, who is now blocked so that he can't even get out of Yi Jingcheng, is like a weak scholar who was pushed to the ground by a rude and strong man with an overwhelming advantage, and there is no room to fight back at all.

However, even if Gongsun Chan really admits to it, Yuan Shao will be helpless for a while.

In fact, the reason why later generations thought that Gongsun Chan was weak was mainly influenced by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so they separated the forces of Tian Kai, Liu Bei and Tao Qian from Gongsun Zhan.

But in fact, Gongsun Chan in his heyday included these major forces, so Gongsun Chan's strength in his heyday was indeed unmatched.

However, due to the instability of the rear and the two weaknesses of the narrow and long control range, Gongsun Chan was gradually isolated after suffering a series of blows.

At that time, Gongsun Zhan's basic strategy was to rely on the military advantages at the beginning, enclose as much land as possible, and expand the sphere of influence, after all, once the Hebei power in the Central Plains developed, Gongsun Zhan, whose identity background was inferior to others, would have no advantage at all.

In addition, Tian Kai's strategy in Qingzhou was also very successful, coupled with Liu Bei's rescue of Kong Rong, so that Gongsun Zhan's power once expanded to Qingzhou.

Of course, now, these territories that once belonged to Gongsun Chan are basically owned by Yuan Shao.

Now, Gongsun Chan is no longer able to protect himself, but he is purely relying on the solidity of the outer wall of Yijing City.

The city of Yijing City is tall and has four or five zhang, heavy stones are tired, the wall is thick, the ditch below is wide and deep, the water in the middle is moist, and it is extremely strict.

It is also relying on the solidity of the city that Tian Yu has been able to keep out the fierce offensive of the Yuan army again and again these days.

However, it is obvious that the offensive of the Yuan army will not stagnate, as long as Yi Jingcheng is not broken for a day, the pace of their offensive will not easily stop.

The sound of war horses, the noise, the sound of soldiers, arrogance.

Yuan Shao, who was shining with golden light and wearing armor, was wearing a red robe and riding a majestic green horse, and behind him were the soldiers of the Yuan army lined up in a neat formation.

These soldiers around Yuan Shao were all elites in Yuan's army, holding blades one by one, staring into the distance.

In the night, although they couldn't see the wall of Yijing City clearly, they also understood that there would be a place where they would fight for their lives for a considerable period of time in the future!

The stars emitted by the torches swayed like ghost fires, and under the city walls, the firelight in the sky continued to brighten the night.

In the array of Yuan Jun, there was a strong killing aura!

Under the moonlight, the walls of Yijing City are layered on top of each other, like a huge labyrinth.

"Lord, the son of a daughter does not stand under the dangerous wall, once the two armies fight, this place is under the enemy's arrows, and it is not appropriate to delay here!" Zhang Jaw on the side urged the horse forward, looking at Yuan Shao with a worried face.

Yuan Shao waved his hand, at this time, there was no need to say anything.

The rhetoric on the battlefield had no effect at all on Yuan Shao, who had now gained the absolute upper hand.

All he needs at the moment is to fight, slaughter!

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao ordered Zhang Jaw to deploy troops with all his might, and then asked Tian Feng and others to step up the collection of grain and grass, and arrange all the preparations for conscription.

Predictably, another big war is coming!